Johan Hedenborg , born October 21, 1787 , died August 21, 1865 , was a Swedish naturalist and traveler.
Early life and studies
Johan Hedenborg born in Heda parish in Östergötland, the son of farmer Sven Carlsson and Elin Jönsdotter. He early showed remarkable student, and was in 1798 in Linköping school . By itself function as a teacher to the younger students and the assistance he received in 1810 the opportunity to come to Uppsala to study. He first studied medicine, and was transferred in 1817 to Stockholm, where he graduated in 1821 kirurgie master's degree at the Karolinska Institute. 1821-1822 he was given the opportunity to undertake a study tour to Denmark, Germany and France. After returning home, he completed his medical studies quickly and was conferred in November 1822 to PhD .
Travel and Work
1823 erected Hedenborg in King's Garden in Stockholm the first major institution for the preparation and serving of mineral water. In 1825 he was appointed physician at the Swedish Embassy in Constantinople, where he divided his time between medical practice and natural history , archaeological and linguistic studies. Then he began to have poorer health around in 1830, he decided to travel to Egypt to cure themselves . On the return trip to Constantinople , he visited Palestine, Syria , Cyprus, and Asia Minor. Already in 1831 he returned to Egypt, where he studied in Alexandria a severe cholera epidemic . On the way he applied himself for purposes of study at Rhodes , and visited Halicarnassus and Smyrna, but then went over European Turkey , Hungary, Austria and Germany to Sweden . From his travels, he brought with him a large amount of Greek and Roman antiquities, which was later donated to the National Museum, as well as some 30 Turkish , Persian and Arabic manuscripts, which were donated to the National Library .
After a few months stay in Sweden , he returned over Hamburg and Triest by sea to Alexandria, where he arrived in February 1833. He made shortly after a research trip to the Red Sea , Sinai and rocky Abrabien , whence he after adventurous journeys brought home a rich collection of zoological objects. 1833 became Hedenborg member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . In 1834 he received professor 's name , honor and dignity after that during a visit to the home country have declined an offered him professorship . 1834 ravaged plague difficult in Egypt, and to avoid it decided Hedenborg to BEGIN a research trip to the interior of the continent in August this year. He has portrayed his travel impressions from Egypt up to Aswan in the first part of tourism in Egypt and inner Africa the years 1834 and 1835 , printed in Stockholm in 1843. (Wikipedia 2014-04-08, google translate)
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